Open Farm Tour: July 5

Howdy y’all. Just wanted to make it more official: there will be an open farm day July 5, 10am-1pm. The address is 665 28th street, at MLK. If you can, please ride your bike or BART/walk. If you can’t, park on Martin Luther King, not 28th Street (it’s a short street). Note that this won’t be a full-on tour. That is, I won’t be leading tours into the backyard where the animals are, but I will bring the goats out on the hour (10am, 11 am, 12 pm, 1pm). I’ll set up a duck pen in the garden so people can see them, likewise with the rabbits. The bees will be buzzing and I plan to have signage so people can do a self-guided tour around the garden. There will not be a bathroom, so plan accordingly. It’s important to note that this is my home, so I’m trying to set up some boundaries–please don’t just drop by my house/farm except on tour days like this one.

I’ll be selling books, greens, and the t-shirts/western shirts with the new design. Yay!

This is a cruel twist of fate. I am an Oakland teacher who has been meaning to read your work for a while (recommended to me by other Oakland teachers), and I found your book at the Pt. Isabel Costco this morning round 10:30 am. I giddily read it from 1 this afternoon till 4, finished the book, and then immediately looked up this blog. Only to find that I have missed a chance to visit your farm on this very day. Oh well. Please do hold other open farm days, I would love to bring students by!

P.S.–One of the things that most impressed me about FARM CITY was the respectful, open and honest way you discussed kids in Oakland and their lives. As someone who works with Oakland students, this is rare to see, and so important. Thank you.

Thanks you so much for writing this awesome book. I live downtown Chicago with a tiny little yard nest to vacant alley spots and a huge vacant lot. I have only taken over the alley so far but you have made me open my eyes to stepping into the great open.
P.S. I killed my first chicken last night. Agh.